Liquid-fuel stove



Mar. 13, 1923.- 1,448,333.

- L. s. CHADWICK. I 1

LIQUID FUEL srova.

- FILED FEB. 4,1922. 3 SHEETSSHEET l- I Q Y I I. I

Mar. 13, 1923.

- 1,448,333. L. s. CHADWICK. 4

LIQUID FUEL STOVE.

FILED FEB. 4. I922, 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3\ 36%. M g g Patented Mar. 135, lQZFw.

' LEE s. onnn'wrox, or snann'a Her ones, oniro, Assrenon TO THE CLEVELA D METAL 1 PRODUCTS COIEPANY, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO mourn-ruin, srovn.

" Application filed February 1, 1922. Serial No. 534,041

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, LEE S. Cimnwron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shaker Heights village, in the county of 'Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in 'Liquid-Fuel Stoves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in liquid fuel stoves, particularly to the type used for cooking.

In stoves of this class it is usual to support the fuel reservoir to one side or beyond one end of the stove in inverted position and in dispensing relation to a distributor which has 'coinnninicative connection with the burners. The reservoir or dispensing receptacle may or may not-have hinge connection with the distributer. In either event, however, it has to be inverted while 'placec inoperative position.

In order toutilize the space above the reservoir and increase the effective supporting area of the stove top, and to protect the reservoir from injury or breakage as by the accidental dropping of things on it (for, as is generally known, these reservoirs usually consist of glass receptacles) the stove top heretofore, in some cases, has been extended over the reservoir, while in other cases a shelf has been hinged or removably connected to the end of the stove above the reservoir. In the case of extending the stove top over the reservoir, the extending portion has lacked proper support for the reason that the presence of brackets or other supporting means therefor would interfere with the placement and removalof the reservoir, the presence of the extended stove top alone making the emplacing and removing of the reservoir inconvenient; and in the case of the hinged or removable shell, it required the extra effort of swinging the shelf out ofthe way or removing it before the reservoir could be removed or inverted.

My present invention aims to provide a shelf extension over the reservoir which is strongly supported when in normal-position and which is so connected to the reservoir, or the carrier therefor, as to be inverted with the same, thus affording increased area of being comprises above whlch the burners (not'shown) are the stove top while in -no way interfering with-the convenient manipulationgof the reservoir.

' To this end, my invention' may be degenerally as consistingwof the combination and arrangement of elements set out in the claims annexed hereto and illustrated in thedrawings accompanying and forming a part hereof and wherein Fig. 1

jisa partial front elevation,and'Fig. 2 an end elevation of a stove embodying my im provements; Fig. 31s a view similar to Fig. 2 ShQWl11g31D. full lines the shelf and reservoir in-inverted position, or in the position which the parts occupy when the reservoir isito be removed from itscarrier, and in dotted lines, in intermediate position; Figs. 4C, 5 and 6 are sectional details .on the 'respective lines 4-4, 5 5'an'd 6" 6 of Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is aisectional detail on'the line 77 of Fig. 5 and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the shelf supporting bracket} i The stove, with its'burners and fuel feeding system, is substantiallv'thesaine as-that shown in by formerLe'tte'rs Patent No.

1,209,811, issued December" 26, 1916, and it i a top 1, and a base 2 immediately supported by and in communicative connection'with a supply pipe 3. At each end of the stove an end panel 5 extends between the top and base, and at each 'cornerfof the structure there is a leg 6, my present de sign differing container having a band 14 secured about its upper end to which the ends of a bail 15 are pivotally connected. When the carrier is in inverted position, the bail 15 is engaged within a hook 16 on the carrier, the reservoir dropping within the'carrier when turned upright as shown fullline' in Fig. 3, suf- .ficiently toremove the bail from the I hook so that the bail maybe swung upward and the reservoir lifted from that shownlinjthe vaforesaid patent by having legs which extend thereby. When the cam structure,

from Fi s. 1 and 2,

rier is in receiving position, a member 18 thereon engages a stop 19 that is supported by the end panel 5.

The mouth of the reservoir or dispensing receptacle is equipped with a valve 20 which, when conditions permit, 21, but which is unseated when the reservoir is in inverted position by the engagement of its stem with an abutment portion of the distributing receptacle 10. All of this is clearly disclosed in my patent above referred to.

A shelf 25, having a dependin peripheral flange 26, is rigidly connected to and spaced above the upper end of the carrier 12 (considering it in its normal position) by members 27; and by means of a handle 28, situated at the res end of the shelf 25, the shelf and carrier ii'iay be conveniently swung from one to the other of the positions shown in full lines to Figs. 2 and its is clear as well as from Figs. l, 5 and 6, when the parts are in normal posi tion, the top of the shelf is in the plane of the top of the stove and constitutes, in effect, an extension thereof. To more securely retain the shelf in such position against any sagging under the weight of a load imposed thereon, and to properly position it with respect to the stove structure, I employ the parts illustrated in detail in Figs. 4: to 7. r bracket 30 extends from the adjacent end panel of the stove under the rear end of the shelf and has a part 31 which fits up under the shelf between the side portions of its peripheral flange 26 and engages the under side of its top, the part 31 of the bracket being only a trifle less in length than the distance between the sides of the peripheral flange so as toretain the shelf against appreciable lateral displacement. This bracket 30 is, as are practically allother parts of the formed of sheet metal, and to give it rigidity it is flanged at 33 along its lower edge, is beaded at 35, and the portion 31 is comprised of an upwardly extending part of the body portion of the bracket which had its upper edge embraced by the overturned portion 36 of a plate 37 which, at its lower edge, is turned laterally into horizontal plane and formed into a triangular part 38 that is flanged downwardly at 39 along its free edge, the end'of the flange being turned laterally to provide an ear L0. This ear and the flanged end 41 of the body portion of the bracket have apertures through which con necting means 42, asrivets, may be extended for securing-the bracket to the end panel.

Adjacent the forward end of the shelf, a supportingand positioning member 45 extends from the end of the stove top. This member has a-supporting base 46 that is secured to the inner side of the flange 47 of the stove top 1, the member extending laterally from saidbase beneath the flange and is closed by a spring.

under and upwardly inside the peripheral flange of the shelf 25. An ear d8 rises from the member 45 adjacent the flange of the stove top and its side remote therefrom is inclined downwardly and toward the upturned outer end of said member. The ear l8 and the upturned end of said member thus provide a downwardly converging restricted notch into which the flange of the shelf is guided when it is swung to normal position.

Having I claim is: e

1. In combination with a stove structure of the character set forth and incorporating a liquid fuel distributor situated to one side of the structure and a dispensing receptacle adapted to be supported in operative relation to the distributor, and a shelf carried by the dispensing receptacle and sustained thereby in a given position with respect to the stove top when the dispensing receptacle is in operative position.

2. In combination with a stove structure of the character set forth and incorporating a liquid fuel distributor situated to one side of the structure and a dispensing receptacle inovably supported so as to permit the dispensing receptacle to be moved from a receiving position to a position .in operative relation to the distributor, and a shelf car'- ried by the dispensing receptacle and susthus described my invention, what tained thereby in a given position with re spect to, the stove-top when the dispensing receptacle is in operative position.

3. In combination with a stove structure of the character set forth and incorporating a liquid fuel distributor situated to one side of the structure and a dispensing receptacle movably connected thereto so as to permit the dispensing receptacle to be moved from a receiving position to a position in operative relation to the distributor, and a shelf carried by the dispensing receptacle and SllS'? tained thereby ina given position with respect to the stove top when the dispensing receptacle is in operative position, the stove structure and shelf having parts cooperating to maintain the shelf in proper relationto the stove top.

4. In combination with a stove structure of the character set forth and incorporating a liquid fuel distributor situated to one side of the structure and a dispensing-receptacle movably connected thereto-so as to permit the dispensing receptacle to be moved from a receiving position to a position in operative relation to the distributor, and

a shelf carried by the dispensing receptacle and sustained thereby in the plane of the stove top when the dispensing receptaclevis in operative position, the stove structure and shelf having parts cooperating to maintain the shelf in the plane of and in otherwise proper relation to the stove top.

o 5. In combination with a stove structure of the character set forth incorporating a liquid fuel distributor situated beyond one end of the structure and a dispensing receptacle movably connected thereto, so as-to permit the dispensing receptacle to be moved vfrom a receiving position to a position in operative relation to the distributor, a shelf carried by the dispensing receptacle and sustained thereby in a given position with re-- .spect to the stove top when the dispensing receptacle is in operative position,-and a member carried by the stove structure and interfitting with parts of the shelf to maintain the shelf against lateral displacement with respect to the stove structure.

6. In combination with a stove structure of the character set forth incorporating a liquid fuel distributor situated beyond one end of the structure and a dispensing receptacle movably connected thereto so as to permit the dispensing receptacle to be moved In combination with a stove structure of the character set forth incorporating a fuel distributor located to one side of the structure and a dispensing receptacle hingedly supported in operative relation to said distributor so that it may be swung from position at one side thereof to an inverted position thereabove, and a shelf carried by the dispensing receptacle and sustained thereby in given relation to the stovetop when the dispensing receptacle is in inverted position.

8. In combination with a stove structure of the character set forth incorporating a fuel distributor located beyond the end of the structure and a dispensing receptacle hingedly supported in operative relation to said distributor so that it may be swung from a position at one side thereof to an inverted posit-ion thereabove, a shelf carried by the dispensing receptacle and sustained thereby in given relation to the stove top when the dispensing receptacle is in inverted position, and a supporting member projecting from the end of the stove structure and on which the shelf rests when in normal position.

9. In combination with a stove structure of the character set forth incorporating a fuel distributor located to one side of' the structure and a dispensing receptacle hingedly supported in operative relation to said positionat one side thereof vto aninverted position thereabove, a shelf carriedby the dispensing receptacle and sustained thereby in given vrelation to; the stoveltop when, the vdispensing receptacle is in invertedposltion,

said member cooperating with the shelf to 10,111, combination with a 'stoveistrueture of the character set "forth incorporating a ,fuel distributorflocatedto, one side v of the structure and a dispensing receptacle ihing'edly, suport-ed in operative relation to said distributor so that it maybe swung distributor so thatit may be swung from I retain it against lateral? displacement with v p l h vStove top. r

from a position atone-side thereof to an a I inverted position thereabove, a shelf carried by the dispensing receptacle and sus-.

tained thereby in given relation to the stove top when the dispensing receptacle is'in inverted position, and a positioning device carried by the stove structure and having a downwardly converging notch into which a part of the shelf is engaged when the shelf is swung to normal position thereby to properly position the shelf'later-ally with respect to the stove top. 11. In' combination with a stove structure of the characterset forth incorporating a fuel distributor located to one side of the structure and a dispensing receptacle hingedly supported'in operative relation to said distributor so that it may be swung from a position at one side thereofto an inverted position thereabove, a shelf carried by the dispensing receptacle andsus- Y tained thereby in a given relation to the stove top when the dispensing receptacle is in inverted position, the shelf having a depending peripheral flange, and a bracket ing a. portion which engages the underside V ing a fuel distributor located to one side of the structure and a carrier for dispensing receptacle hingedly supported in operative relation to the distributor so that said carrier may be swung from a positionat one side of the distributor to an inverted position thereabove, a shelf supported-by the'carrier and sustained in a given rela-,

tion to the stove top when the carrier is in inverted position, and means projecting from the stove structure and cooperating with certain of the swinging parts to maintain the shelf in said given position. with respect to the stove top. v

18. In combination with a stove structure of the character set forth incorporating a liquid fuel distributor situated to one 9v side of the structure and a dispensing re- 105 prO ecting from the stove structure and havceptacle mov'ebly connected thereto so as to permit the dispensing receptacle to be moved from a receiving position to a position in operative relation to the distributor, a shelf carried by the dispensing recepte'cle and sustained thereby in a given position with respect'to the stove top when the dispensing receptacle is in operative position, and at handle carried by the shel lt' by' rneans of which, through the intervention of the shelf, the dispensing receptacle may be moved to and from dispensing position.

1 1-. In combination with a stove structure of the character set forth incorporating a liquid fuel distributor situated to one ceptacle may be moved to and from dispensing' position. v I

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

LEE S. CHADVVICK. 

